The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-02-19
OVER THE STATE.


Chattanooga to Missionary Ridge.
The fruit crop around ChattanOo.
ga is expected to exceed that of any
previous year.
The pink and white marble found
near Tullahoma is said to be the fin
est in the world.
A Carroll county farmer has COW
that has a record of seventy-eight
pounds of milk per day.
Tennessee editors should fight shy
Of the Indiana Chemical company,
Charlottesville, Ind. II is a swindIe.
The Murfreesboro Jail was consum.
ed by FIRE. Jack Erwin, Moses Man.
ey and Nelson Lynn, sll colored, we're
burned to death.
The store Of I. q. Stewart IL Co.,
Whiteville, Hardeman county, has
been closed for debts amounting to
$500; assets, 81, 500.
A Robertson county weather proph>
Ell who, it is claimed, has not failed in
his predictions in twenty years, says
that there will be plenty of rain this
year.
While hunting near jackson, Bar.
ton Stark, II boy Of twelve, was get,
ting over the fence with gun, which
was accidentally discharged, fright
fully tearing his arm and hand.
Fire at Henry Station destroyed the
houses occupied by the Agricultural
Wheel, } H Breach, drugs; Blan>
cnett u Co., dry goods, and H. D.
Bowden, groceries. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000
rhe Druoiard Iron company have
resumed mining operations at Clover
dale, Dickson county. and will have
several thousand tons of ore mined.
Prot. W. A. Bell has discovered a
very rich deposit Of ore on his farm.
Rt. Rev. William Mercer Green,
bishop of Mississippi, died Sunday
morning at Sewanee of pneumonia.
Bishop Green was native of North
Carolina. He was born 10 Willmig-
ton May 2, 1898, and was at his death
nearly eighty.nine years old.
Savannah Times: Walker Mas
sey, living in the Sixth District, was
shot last Wednesday night by un>
known parties while walking along
the road He was shot in four diff.
ferent places; one shot taking effect
i'll his head, one in his body and two
in his leg, breaking it. He died Fri
day. The causes for the assault
are unknown.
Shelbyville Gazette: The farmers
of Bedford county are beginning to
agitate a movement tn form them
selves into sort of protective ascot
alton. especially against horse thieves
and barn burners, whose depredations
have become so alarmiDgly frequent
in the past few months. The plan
roughly stated is to have a common
fun1 provided fees of membership
to bs applied in the detection and
prosecution of these offenders. In
other words, to let it be known that
when such offenses are committed
against individuals there will be a
strong organization to hunt out and
bring to justice the guilty parties.
Ripley Enterprise: On the eve
ming of the 7th inst. three tramPs
we're put of the accommodation train
at Henning. As the train pulled out
one of the men threw = missile Of
some kind, which broke four glass
in the Geaper. The porter looked
out ipstiiui551tO see the man who CON
mitted the deed, and when the train
reached Ripley the affair was reported
to the authorities, and Marshal Thorn
sen, accompanied By Rufus CambelI
and Lee Watkins, started in pursuit
They met the party at Williams
switch and arrested and brought them
to Ripley. They we're named resPec'
lively, Mike Richards aud Charles
Shaw. The porter, who had been
.nmmoned "a a witness. identified